OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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state AwAter
Au8tin. Texw
Deer UP. Ow-B~sa
Le$g~slmIro,
or bate the
iB tb8 188
erred to sata forth is
sressed by the state
ed state
Auditor mha11
experienae as 8
aoountmt inmdiatel~ preoad-
t, and he rhsll bo a m of
grity and moral ohvaoter ood
tioient experienoo in bUriDOm8
properly dirdl8rglJ the fullotioa~
of the otrioe. ES shall bW0 b#B S OitiWSS
ad reaideat or rWb8 for at least fita ye8r•
iopullrtel~ prlw.Alng hi* rppointrmt. 80 rdull
qualify by trklng tbo aonstitutfoaal 08th et
oifles aml eteputlng l bogd to be qprwad,by
the eppointing pomr, pyeble to the Gwernor
of the state of taras end his 8UEOMSOP8 in
oftias, in the um oi Twenty-Sire ThhgosamI
(@D,oDD) Dollars, aolditioned upon the tdtlb
.* a,.,..., 0.
643
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tul dieehargo of tb0 &tie0 of hi0 ottiee, rltb
8 ae1teultsurety eompaq 88 euretyr mr pro-
m&m to the eurbty sompm~ ?or the neoutib~ et
maahbodl ehall bo ptid by the State.*
Ssotioa 11 of the Aat prwidee in pcrrtas tollo~et
WI4 ?irst Aadetmd sat4 Auditor ehal1
perform euob dutias and bee%pnents l0 the
t&eta luaitor my preearibe, and aball aat a8
State Auditor ia the abeenoo of the Ctete
Audito r l Au ludb ra4i8taat uditore ud
h iaaleriaal aeeietanto eball b4
lteno g r ep and
namd and appointed by the state Auditor, ...'
Seation la proridee in pact a0 tollo~ec
*The Stete Auditor elm11 be free to
leleot th4 most ettiGi4nt pmsonnel 8rail*ble
for eeoh and ever;rposition in his otfloe, to
the end that hemal reader to themmb4re of
the Legielnture that oemlee H-&oh t&q here
a right to Oxpect. . . . . The State Auditor
is hsrsby authorised to conduct euoh protee-
eionel sxaminetione as h4 may deem expedient
in detsrmining the qualiPio4tione OS the per-
eons rhom he oont4mplatee pl8oing oa b&e staff.@
aeation 13 of the Aot providoe in part1
*The gtmte Auditor WRY rewwe or dieoharge
any assistant auditor or any mtenogaphia or
olerioel assistant* at any time and for 0x17
mesons latiefaotory to himeel? end ritEout 8
hearing."
The above-quoted portion8 of the A8t oonatitut4 ~11
that ~8 find in the Aot b44ring upon the ?lrot Aeeietant Stat.
Auditor and the other seeistamt auditor8 la the St8te Auditor*8
40pl0y. It will be obeenal that the Leglel8ture ha8 not leem
tit to prseoribe th6 qu4li?i4otione to be poeessemSw the
Piret Ao~ietimt State lpditor, oc by any other loeieturt audi-
tar. TlmrePoce, the State Auditor ie free to data-mine the
qualiiieatione he 4111 require of those whom h4 4mplqe.
That the la4 provides that the First Aeei4tust State
Auditor ebsll aot se State Auditor in the lbe4no4 of the State
Auditor does not milit8ts rgsinet the oonolneion expreeeei
abore. us power and duty to sat ae Ctate Audltor in the lb-
650
aenereble c , II,cevneea * page a
mnae 0P the CtatsAuditor is derived from him oeeupeaey
of podtion 4? Piret Aesietent I&toteAditor, to whioh
oiYf44 or place tha L~gieletur~ hem sttaohtd the putbor-
itr to aat am State Auditor IR the rbesmo4 of the Stats
Auditor. Yailo a4t.ing am state hditor in the ebeenoe
o? th4 Stat4 Auditor, the First Aesietent doee not hold
the ofrioe ef State Auditor, but ie merely rcpowered ee
Ylrmt Aeaietent State Auditor to exeraiee pro te the
powers and duties atteched to the pcincipel otflae.
Prertr v* aahnlut, alo 0. ‘Ir. i@31.
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion